Paul Auster Quotes

I don't like doing things that are easy!

Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.

On my tombstone it will say: 'I tried everything - nothing was easy.'

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Always it's like big challenge for me. Every point is a big challenge. So I do everything I can.

Thinking about my career, nothing ever came easy for me.

I've had to fight for everything.

Nothing in my life has ever come easy.

There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

There is no gain without struggle.

The right way is the hard way.

This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.

Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.

Nothing comes easily for me.

I like struggle.

Easy doesn't do it.

There is no success without hardship.

I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.

I know now that it is going to be a tough and long road ahead of me.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.

When you stick to what you're doing, sometimes that road ain't as easy as the rest of them.

Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.